Yup... the Bad Guys are At It Again!

STILL at it, actually. But you know, it is SO very easy to mistake a Bad Guy's email from a legitimate one. Look at this one:



                                     SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT     

Dear Customer,

Your incoming messages were placed on pending due to our recent upgrade. Verify your account immediately to to get your mail working by pressing the Click Here

to get your mail  updated 

Thank you for using Yahoo! Mail.

Yahoo!©2013


First indicator of a Bad Guy.... notice that it's not in standard written English? I saw a phrasing error ("on pending"), a typo ("or or") and an incorrect use of English ("by pressing the Click Here.")

Second indicator? Try this trick. HOVER your cursor over the blue words "Click here" above. 

Toward the bottom of your screen, you will probably see something that looks like "http://Yes.Here." This is a "link" I made up for this article- it does not go anywhere.

BUT, this is what the link said in my original email that I received from "Yahoo"..... 
http://yahso000ddjdppssj.nazuka.net/

Nothing at all to do with Yahoo. It's probably for a website in Poland or Russia where someone is hoping you're gullible enough to click on the link and tell them your personal info.

That's called "phishing" and it's a very excellent way to capture data or information that you should NEVER give out.

Why do we give it out accidentally?  Because we are easily duped into thinking we're answering a legitimate question.

Surf the Internet Safely:

> Never click on links to websites that don't seem to match the sender of the email's purpose. 

> If you DO, never ever ever type in your user name and password. Never.

> If you think it MIGHT be a legitimate request, then go to the REAL website of the company (in this case, Yahoo.com) and click on SUPPORT and ask the person (email or chat) if the request was legitimate. 

I'm willing to bet it was not.